Geography Department celebrates 80th anniversary
’s Department of Geography turns 80 this year!
This milestone marks the anniversary of George Kimble’s appointment as ’s first Professor of Geography and Department Chair on January 1, 1945.
Kimble, who had previously been a meteorologist with the Royal Navy, was allocated two rooms in the Arts Building (rooms 30 and 38) by the Faculty of Arts and Science to lay the foundation for the new department. A few months later, F.K. Hare was appointed as ’s second Professor of Geography (eventually becoming Dean of Arts and Science in 1961).Published: 24 January 2025
Have you spotted these clues in your email?
Attackers, scammers, marketers: these days they’re all taking advantage of AI to generate polished, typo-free content. Figuring out if an email is legitimate has definitely become more challenging. But when you access your email through Microsoft Outlook, you benefit from several extra features that help protect you from phishing.
Keep an eye out for: phishing safety tipsPublished: 24 January 2025
Aftab Ahmed on Meta’s dominance | Policy Magazine
January 22, 2025 |Alumnus Aftab Ahmed MPP'23 wrote about growing as social media applications such as Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Threads and WhatsAppcommandover three billion active monthly users worldwide. In the Policy Magazine, he wrote "Meta faces no competition capable of challenging its influence.Published: 23 January 2025
Education Named 3rd in Canada, 38th Globally
According to, released on January 22 by Times Higher Education (THE), ranks among the top 90in the worldin all of the 11 subjects assessed, placing six subjects in the top 50.TheUniversityplacedthird in Canadain in EducationStudies and six other domains.THE’s subject rankings evaluate 11 disciplines based on five performance indicators: teaching, research environment, research quality, international outlook and Industry.Published: 23 January 2025
Prestigious chairs renewed for two colleagues
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the reappointment of Professor Allison Christians as holder of the H. Heward Stikeman Chair in Taxation Law, and Professor Marie Manikis as William Dawson Scholar. Their appointments have been renewed for seven and five years, respectively.Published: 23 January 2025
Revisiting the Last Ice Area projections from a high-resolution Global Earth System Model
(Madeleine Fol, Bruno Tremblay, Stephanie Pfirman, Robert Newton, Stephen Howell, Jean-François Lemieux)
Published: 23 January 2025
Expert: Supreme Court of Canada to hear challenge to Quebec’s secularism law (Bill 21)
The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it would hear a legal challenge to Quebec’s Act Respecting the Laicity of the State, also known as Bill 21.
This expert from is available to share her insights:Published: 23 January 2025
Celena Scheede-Bergdahl Comments on Prehab Impact on Patient Recovery
The Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education'sDr. Celena Scheede-Bergdahl was interviewed by CBC for an article, "Prehab' before surgery speeds up patient recovery, review suggests" regarding how pre-op exercise, nutritional changes, and psychological support could reduce complications.Dr. Scheede-Bergdahl commented she sees high rates of participation in prehab at Montreal General Hospital's surgery program."We're capturing them in a teaching moment," Scheede-Bergdahl said.Published: 23 January 2025
Dr. Simon Ducharme, Neurology® Podcast
Changes in Cerebral and Hypothalamic Structure With Sleep Dysfunction in Patients With Genetic FTD.
Published: 22 January 2025
Dre Cécile Rousseau, 98.5FM
Tendance chez les jeunes - Diversité : « Il y a un prix à censurer les désaccords et les malaises ».
Published: 22 January 2025
A new paper published today.
Clouds attenuate the increase of downwelling longwave radiation over land under global warming (Writes Lei Liu)Published: 22 January 2025
Dr. Eric Latimer, CBC
Un refuge sollicite des dons mensuels pour loger plus de sans-abri.
Published: 22 January 2025
Dr. Salah El Mestikawy, Health e-News
Basic discovery brings hope to those facing eating disorders.
Published: 22 January 2025
Desautels BCom student wins Government of Canada’s 2024 Building Better Financial Futures Challenge
In a display of academic excellence and innovative thinking, Khushi Toprani (BCom’25) has clinched the top paper award in the 2024 Building Better Financial Futures student competition. The Challenge is a post-secondary student paper competition designed to promote the creation of actionable, evidence-based solutions to current financial challenges faced by vulnerable communities.Published: 22 January 2025
Macdonald Grad Studies Office earns silver in 's Sustainable Workplace Certification program
From left to right: Academic AssociateLaura Wittebol, Graduate Program Coordinators Maude Bélanger, Erin Minnett, and Simone Clamann, andAssociate Dean (Graduate Education) Jean-Benoit CharronPublished: 22 January 2025
Law ranked among the world’s top law faculties by the Times Higher Education
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce it was once again ranked as one of the world’s top universities at which to study law. The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings placed 33rd worldwide.
Since the law ranking was introduced in 2017, has consistently featured in the global top 35. This year, 389 law schools around the world were ranked. Published: 22 January 2025
Open until Feb 17 | Satisfaction Survey Regarding the Use of Sofia
La version française suit.Published: 22 January 2025
Why are egg yolks different colours? Comments from Macdonald Campus Farm technician Louis-Philippe Dessureault
National Post published an article that cracks open the story of egg yolk colours, from nutrition to taste, and how they came about in the first place.
Unlike shell colour, which depends on the breed of chicken, the hue of an egg yolk is determined by the hen’s diet.Published: 21 January 2025
Experts: U.S. withdraws from the Word Health Organization (WHO) and Paris climate agreement
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday his country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization and the Paris climate agreement.
These experts from are available to share their insights:Published: 21 January 2025
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researchers awarded funding from NSERC for quantum science
On January 21, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), announced over $74 million in funding to support 107 quantum science projects, including fifteen to researchers.Published: 21 January 2025